Thursday, November 3, 2011

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PLAYS

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November at 16.00 & 19.30

Orgasm

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 200

Director . Avinash Daniel

A romantic premise, funny one-liners and naughty double-entendres.

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


Saturday 5th November at 19.00

Three little stories : In a playful mood, My demise, Socrate's apology

Duration : approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Rs 60

Director . Pradeep Sastry

An ideal, an elegy and silence.

K H Kala Soudha, Ramanjaneya Temple Compound, Hanumantha Nagar, www.khkalasoudha.org


ART EXHIBITIONS

From Friday 4th to Sunday 6th November

Satrongi

Group show

Opening : Friday 4th at 17.30

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


From Wednesday 3rd to Friday 18th November

The Keyboard of small things

Paintings by Mukesh Sharma

Gallery Sumukha, 24/10 BTS Depot Road, Wilson Garden. Tel. 2229 2230. www.sumukha.com


From Thursday 3rd to Monday 7th November

Line & Lyam : AV Ilango

A solo show

Time & Space Art Gallery, 55 Lavelle Road. Tel. 3296 9412 / 2212 4117. www.gallerytimeandspace.com


From Friday 4th to Friday 11th November

What I Owe

A photo essay exploring our debt by Dipti Desai

Inauguration : Friday 4th at 17.30

1Shanti Road, 1 Shanti Road, Shanti Nagar (off Double Road), www.1shantiroad.com


From Friday 4th November to Saturday 10th December

Sheela Gowda

Suboverseer, Ambarish TV, Highcourt, Battery, Naatikothambari and others

Inauguration : Friday 4th at 19.00

Gallery SKE, 2 Berlie Street, Langford Town. Tel. 65951972. www.galleryske.com


From Friday 4th to Friday 25th November

The Lotus Pond

Paintings by Milind Nayak

Inauguration : Friday 4th at 19.00

Galerie de Arts, 11th floor Barton Center, MG Road. Tel. 2559 1932.


Saturday 5th November at 10.30

Guided walk

History of Indian Art

Wednesday 9th November at 15.00

Guided walk

Introduction to the language of art

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


From Saturday 12th November to Saturday 3rd December

Recollections Reconnections

Copper reliefs by SG Vasudev

Inauguration : Saturday 12th at 19.00

Kynkyny Art Gallery, 104 Embassy Square, Above Ganjam Jewellers,
148 Infantry Road, Tel. 4092 6202, 4092 6206. www.kynkyny.com


MUSIC

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th November at 19.30

The Hindu November Fest

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : From Rs 500

SAPTASHABDA - 4th Nov

Chitravina N Ravikiran & Unnikrishnan team up to feature traditional compositions interspersed with contemporary compositions and arrangements that employ Ravikiran's award winning concept, Melharmony.

A BALKAN FEELING - 5th Nov

The Boriana Dimitrova Quartet performs compositions that merge western European jazz with elements of the folk music of Boriana's home country, Bulgaria.

DOWN UNDER BLUES - 6th Nov

Jeff Lang and Bobby Singh partner for a musical meeting point of folk, blues and Indian influences.

Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.


Saturday 5th November from 10.00

The big mushroom cloud festival

Duration : 1 day

Tickets : Rs 850

A festival of new sounds

Counter Culture, 4th Cross Rd, Krishnarajapura (landmark: Brigade Metropolis)


Sunday 6th November from 17.00 to 19.00

THE VIRGIL DONATI DRUM CLINIC

Duration : Approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Free

"Many drummers come to mind who've had a hand in raising the bar - leading by example with faster chops, innovative use of the instrument, more complex rhythms, more creative phrasing, and in general, inspiring a new generation of drummers. But few have turned as many heads as Virgil Donati." - Stick It Magazine

The Australian drummer perhaps most well known for his fast, highly technical drumming skills, will be conducting a Drum Clinic for the first time at Opus!

To register:virgildonaticlinic@furtados.in

Opus, 1st Main, Chakravarthy Layout, Palace Cross Road. Tel. 2344 2580 / 9844030198. www.myopus.in


Friday 11th to Saturday 12th November from 10.00

The Storm Music Festival

Duration : 2 days

Tickets : Rs 3200

Storm Music Festival is an open air love-letter to nature, with 2 days of Music in the hills of COORG, along with camping facilities at the festival area.

Stormfields, Napoklu, Coorg


Friday 11th at 20.00

Fusion dreams

Duration : 60 min.

Tickets : Rs 300

Fusion jazz by Jyotsana, Shadrach and Khartik

Laughing Waters, Whitefield, OnStage@natya.Info, www.natya.info.


Sunday 13th at 10.30

Sitar Recital

Duration : 60 min.

Tickets : free

Ustad Shahid Parvez

Vocal Recital

Duration : 60 min.

Tickets : free

Pandit Ulhas Kashlkar

Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayathri Devi Park Extension, 16th Cross, Malleswaram.


DANCE

From Saturday 5th to Tuesday 8th November

Synchronous Object : degrees of unison

Duration : NA

Tickets : free

An interactive screen-based work developed by William Forsythe, Maria Palazzi, and Norah Zuniga Shaw, investigates the deep structures and relationships of a dance masterwork by choreographer William Forsythe.

Inauguration : Saturday 5th at 19.00

Goethe Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar 1st Stage. Tel. 2520 5305/06/07/08. http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/bag/enindex.htm


From Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th November at 19.00

Indo French festival of contemporary dance

Duration : Approx. 120 min.

Tickets : by invitation to be collected at the Alliance Française

Detailed program on http://bangalore.afindia.org/news-archive/nid/4582

Alliance Française, 108 Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar. Tel.: 4123 1340. www.afindia.org


OTHERS

Friday 4th November at 18.30

The splendour of Ranakpur Temple

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Free

A Talk by Saryu Joshi

Friday 11th November at 18.30

Brace Embrace

Duration : Approx. 90 min.

Tickets : Free

A Talk by painter Seema Kholi

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Saturday 5th November at 18.30

The Unbearable Lightness of Drawing

Duration : Approx. 120 min.

Tickets : Free

A Talk by Prof. Goswamy

Register with priya@tasveerarts.com

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


Tuesday 8th November at 19.00

Sita's Ramayana

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Tickets : Free

A Talk by the author Samhita Arni

Time & Space Art Gallery, 55 Lavelle Road. Tel. 3296 9412 / 2212 4117. www.gallerytimeandspace.com


MOVIES

Sunday 6th November at 11.30

The Open Frame

Duration : Approx. 60 min.

Director : NA

Tickets : free

A documentary on Bangalore based artist, SG Vasudev

National Gallery of Modern Art, Manikyavelu Mansion, 49, Palace Road, Tel. 2234 2338. http://www.ngmaindia.gov.in


FOR THE TRAVELLERS …

From Friday 4th to Tuesday 22nd November

Scafolding the absent

New works by Atul Dodya

The Guild, 02/32, Kamal Mansion, 2nd floor, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005. +91 22 2288 0116/2288 0195


STILL TIME TO SEE …

Till Sunday 6th November

The Sartorial World

A cross disciplinary art show exploring the body as a museum

Apparao Galleries, The Presidency, 82 St Marks Road. Tel. 4132 9163. www.apparaogalleries.com


Till Wednesday to 9th November

Paradise Regained

A group show by Radhika Neelakantan, Prakash Ghadge and Ganapati Hegde

Kynkyny Art Gallery, 104 Embassy Square, Above Ganjam Jewellers,
148 Infantry Road, Tel. 4092 6202, 4092 6206.
www.kynkyny.com